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PhD students who are accredited researchers can now apply for access to the Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data (ECHILD) dataset, expanding opportunities for early-career researchers to undertake research using linked administrative data.
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has launched its Research Excellence Awards for 2026. Categories include a new ADR UK Excellence in Methods Award, which celebrates outstanding administrative data research conducted using ADR UK trusted research environments and flagship datasets.
This blog by Professor Claire Crawford outlines recent updates to the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset, including the introduction of new derived variables designed to make the data easier to use while reducing the need to access more detailed personal data. Claire leads an ADR England-funded project, working in partnership with the Department for Education (DfE), to support the development of LEO.
Research using administrative data can offer unprecedented insights into youth experiences of the criminal justice system – but this comes with some challenges. In this blog, Professor Alex Sutherland explores some of the complexities around using this data. Alex is a co-Investigator on the ADR England Research Community Catalyst: Youth Transitions project.
ADR UK Research Fellow Hanna Creese has been using the Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data (ECHILD) dataset to explore how health and socioeconomic factors relate to school attendance. But data alone rarely tells the whole story. So Hanna turned to the experts themselves: young people with lived experience of struggling to attend school.
